农业，环境和自然资源面临的工程和技术问题日益复杂。该程序提供了解决这些问题的广泛知识和调查技能。在该程序中，您将探索先进的方法和工具来改善土壤和水的条件，或者设计和测试从原料生产生物柴油和其他形式的替代能源的新方法。使用最新的软件程序，地理信息系统（GIS）和图像分析，您可以研究和设计用于灌溉，径流，分水岭的侵蚀控制，河流恢复以及自然保护区和农业用地保护的系统。
Many challenging problems can be solved by integrating engineering principles with our understanding of biology at a molecular level. Be part of the solution to increasingly complex grand challenges with agriculture, environment, health care, and natural resources. This program provides a deeper understanding and investigative skills to solve these problems.<br><br>In this program, you will explore, research, and develop a deeper understanding of technology while broadening your knowledge to societal and global needs. You will apply advanced methods and tools to improve environmental quality, model impacts of climate on water supply & usage, design and manufacture medical devices, fabricate biomaterials for medical and pharmaceutical application, develop equipment to harvest and process food, or design and test new ways to produce alternative energy from feedstock.